Are we really shocked?

[Simon G]

From the front page:

Shocking Findings from Material Focus

One of the UK’s industry organisations has responded to the shocking findings of a Material Focus study showing that Over 90% of vape producers and retailers in the UK are still failing to meet environmental regulations

www.planetofthevapes.co.uk

• Since 2023 vape producers and retailers have not increased their compliance with environmental regulations despite media and political spotlight.
• Without immediate action on retailer takeback and recycling at least a quarter of a billion single-use vapes will get thrown away if there is a twelve-month lead into the ban announced on 29th January 2024.
• Over 90% of vape producers and 90% retailers are not fulfilling their statutory obligations to provide and pay for takeback and recycling for vapes.
• Vape drop off points were available in 33% of 57 specialist vape retailers. However, high street brands and convenience stores provided very little or zero recycling drop-off points for vapes.
• Sales of disposable single-use vapes are now at least 360 million per year.
• For all the disposable single-use vapes sold in the UK this would be equivalent to providing the lithium in the batteries for over 6,700 electric vehicles in the UK.
• The cost of recycling all the disposable single-use vapes bought in the UK could be up to £200 million per annum.

surprise surprise....

 

[ZT]

Massive headshake

 

[pixelwasp]

Not surprised at the findings really. I've never seen a vape disposal point in any shops I've been in. I think going forward a greater emphasis has to be placed on recycling.

 

[JohnNada]

Vaping101 here in Aberdeen has one. Don't know about the other shops in town though as I have no reason to use them.

 

[Rickster]

They will all be gone soon, wiped out extinct, a dodo, then we can turn our attention to they fkin squonkers cutting random holes in perfectly good materials, fiddling about with not one wee plastic bottle, but two cos you need one to fill one, making more mess than a slugs marathon, ripping the arse out the ozone layer murdering the Polar bears...think of the children, they eat them just in case

 

[Simon G]

Not surprised at the findings really. I've never seen a vape disposal point in any shops I've been in. I think going forward a greater emphasis has to be placed on recycling.

Everyone has been saying that for the last 3 years, but it's never going to happen. That was always the excuse "They can be recycled" .....They can be but they aren't going to be.

"The cost of recycling all the disposable single-use vapes bought in the UK could be up to £200 million per annum."

..... that sure is a lot of money that could be better spent elsewhere and I'm not really sure who's supposed to be paying for it?

 

[Simon G]

making more mess than a slugs marathon

you kill me....

 

[pixelwasp]

Everyone has been saying that for the last 3 years, but it's never going to happen. That was always the excuse "They can be recycled" .....They can be but they aren't going to be.

"The cost of recycling all the disposable single-use vapes bought in the UK could be up to £200 million per annum."

..... that sure is a lot of money that could be better spent elsewhere and I'm not really sure who's supposed to be paying for it?

With the disposable ban coming that figure should drop a lot.

I'm guessing we'll be the ones paying through vape tax, does seem like a lot of money. And yes, it really could be better spent elsewhere.

 

[CzesiuB]

All this sustainability and recycling and saving the Earth... while in principle is OK, I would like the situation where the lawmakers would realise and consider: in 2023 alone China have built more coal fired power station than there are installed in the while Europe (not in the EU only). In ONE year.

And, for some reasons, the policymakers are changing their actions "scientific evidence based approach" for various reasons. Best example?
The natural gas is no more the eco-friendly energy source promoted by EU/Germany since the blow off of the Nord Stream 1 and 2.
It seem that blowing off the cheap supply of gas pipe provided a substantial amount of the environmental data, enough to change the policies?
Now, instead of russian gas, the chinese heat pumps are eco friendly... oh my...

 

[zouzounaki]

no, not shocked or even surprised